https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ky-bill-pushing-religion-over-090703726.html
Kentucky’s HB 829 is a dangerous push to force public schools to accommodate off-campus religious instruction during the school day.
This is not neutrality.
It is not harmless.
And it is not about protecting public education.
When lawmakers pressure school districts to build religious programming into the structure of the school day, they are privileging religion over education, undermining local control, and putting church-state separation at risk.
Public schools are for all students. They should not be turned into access points for religious instruction.
This opinion piece out of Kentucky is worth reading.
What people are saying:
- Secular Education Association: SEA is tracking legislation like this because these efforts do not stay contained to one district or one state. If you are seeing similar bills or school-day religious pressure in your area, contact us at contact@seculareducationassociation.org
- Facebook User: “Good news clubs on steroids “
Gaaah!!!
- Facebook User: Any religion in public schools should not be allowed
- Secular Education Association: Facebook User We agree that public schools should not be in the business of promoting religion. 👏🏻 Students have individual rights, of course, but schools and school officials must remain neutral. That’s the line we’re defending.
- Facebook User: Secular Education Association You can’t defend that, because it doesn’t work!
- Facebook User: Public education pushes secularism (among other things that are much worse). Secularism is a “religion”. You’re just anit-Christian! Try shutting down the Islamic schools in your state (and yes, they are getting tax dollars)!
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